1. present participle of bedarken; to make dark or darker; to obscure or dim
Usage: literary or formal; less common in modern usage

1. the act or process of making something dark or darker
Usage: gerund form; literary or formal

Examples

• The storm clouds were bedarkening the sky as evening approached.
• The bedarkening of the room made it difficult to read.
• His mood seemed to be bedarkening with each passing hour.
• The artist used shadows for bedarkening the background of the painting.
• Bedarkening the windows helped keep the room cool during summer.
• The forest's canopy was bedarkening the forest floor below.